Family of seven on the run for murder holding fake MyKads

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WANTED: Stanley (right) showing the press the pictures of the family.

MIRI: Miri police are on the trail of a family of seven in connection with the murder of a man at an oil palm estate located at Km29 Miri-Bintulu road on Oct 17 this year.

Deputy police chief here Supt Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said during a press conference on Friday afternoon at police headquarters here that initial investigation revealed that all individuals in the family (of seven) were possessing fake identification (MyKad).

“On their father’s Mycard, it is stated he’s from Penampang while his wife is from Ranau, Sabah,” said Stanley.

“Their Mycards records were (however) not available in the National Registration Department (NRD) records,” said Stanley.

He added that all of them went ‘missing’ right after the body of the dead man identified as Muhammad Azarul Mohamad Sapi’ee, 20, from Kampung Wireless, Miri, was discovered on Oct 17. He was found lying motionless in a pool of blood in the oil palm estate.

“One of the suspects that we are looking for is the deceased’s girlfriend, who was amongst those seven in the family,” said Stanley.

He said the 17-year-old girl had been schooling in a secondary school here. The family had been residing in Taman Ceria in Miri for two years.

Police investigation also revealed that the girl’s father, a ‘Suluk’, is from the Philippines, while her mother an Indonesian.

“We’re still investigating how they obtained the MyKads as they are not from here (Malaysia),” Stanley pointed out.

“The riddle of the family’s background had been answered with the murder case of Azarul,” said Stanley.

According to police, the main suspect, the girl’s father, was working as a construction site worker while his wife is a vendor selling fried banana (‘pisang goreng’).

Those who know their whereabouts can call investigation officer ASP Soliment Nyian at 016-8697701.